The Spindle Orientation Machinery Beyond Mitosis: When Cell Specialization Demands Polarization.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Keywords

Animals, Cell Differentiation, Humans, Mitosis, Phenotype, Signal Transduction, Spindle Apparatus

JAX Location

Reprint Collection

JAX Source

Adv Exp Med Biol 2017; 1002:209-225

Volume

1002

First Page

209

Last Page

225

ISSN

0065-2598

PMID

28600788

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57127-0_9

Abstract

Mitosis is a process requiring strict spatial organization of cellular components. In particular, the orientation of the mitotic spindle with respect to the tissue defines the division plane. In turn, the orientation of cell division can regulate tissue morphology or the fate of daughter cells. While we have learned much about the mechanisms of mitotic spindle orientation, recent studies suggest that the proteins implicated can also play important roles in post-mitotic cells. Interestingly, post-mitotic protein function often involves polarizing the cell cytoskeleton during differentiation, mirroring its ability to orient the mitotic spindle during division. This review focuses on alternative functions of the spindle orientation machinery after division, when the cell undergoes a specialization process associated with differentiation or mature function, and discusses diseases associated to those alternative functions. Adv Exp Med Biol 2017; 1002:209-225.

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